Patricia Rivera, MD, a faculty pulmonologist with expertise and training in thoracic oncology and interventional bronchoscopy as well as general and critical care pulmonary medicine, is now at Rex as Medical Director of Rex Pulmonary Specialists as well as the Rex pulmonary medicine program as a whole.

For the past 13 years, Carolina Parenting Inc., which owns Carolina Parent, Charlotte Parent and Piedmont Parent, has recognized North Carolina companies with strong commitments to work-life balance. Both UNC Health Care and Rex Healthcare were among the 50 North Carolina companies recognized in 2011.

The University of North Carolina Health Care System Board of Directors today voted unanimously to decline WakeMed’s proposal to purchase Rex Healthcare. WakeMed leadership was notified of the decision today.

UNC Hospitals ranked #1 among Triangle hospitals in nine of the 10 categories of the latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider Systems (HCAHPS) survey. We operate in a very competitive health care market, so this is truly a great accomplishment.

A Special Committee of the University of North Carolina Health Care System Board of Directors held its second meeting Monday, July 11, to continue its review of WakeMed’s proposal to purchase Rex Healthcare.

The University of North Carolina Health Care System Board Chairman Richard Krasno today announced that the Board has created and appointed several members to a special committee to review the WakeMed proposal to purchase Rex Healthcare.